Senate Bill S1672A

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 1672--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sens. GRISANTI, MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the Committee on Finance --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law, in relation to providing funds
  for the public defense backup center of the New York  State  Defenders
  Association;  and  to  amend  section 3 of part W of chapter 55 of the
  laws of 2012 amending the state finance law relating  to  support  for
  the   public  defense  backup  center,  in  relation  to  making  such
  provisions permanent

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 and paragraph (d) of subdi-
vision 3 of section 98-b of the state  finance  law,  paragraph  (a)  of
subdivision  2  as  amended  by section 1 of part W of chapter 55 of the
laws of 2012 and paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 as added by section 2 of
part E of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2010,  are  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (a)  The  purpose of such fund shall be to (i) assist counties and, in
the case of a county wholly contained  within  a  city,  such  city,  in
providing legal representation for persons who are financially unable to
afford  counsel  pursuant  to article eighteen-B of the county law; (ii)
assist the state, in improving the quality of  public  defense  services
and  funding representation provided by assigned counsel paid in accord-
ance with section  thirty-five  of  the  judiciary  law;  (iii)  provide
support for the operations, duties, responsibilities and expenses of the
office  of indigent legal services and the indigent legal services board
established, respectively, pursuant to sections eight hundred thirty-two
and eight hundred thirty-three of the executive law;  and  (iv)  provide

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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[support]  for SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF the public defense backup center
OF THE NEW YORK STATE DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION.
  (d)  BEGINNING  IN  STATE  FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN AN ANNUAL
AMOUNT OF THREE MILLION DOLLARS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE NEW  YORK
STATE DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION FROM SUCH FUND FOR THE SERVICES AND EXPENSES
OF ITS PUBLIC DEFENSE BACKUP CENTER.
  (E)  Remaining  amounts  within such fund, after accounting for annual
payments required in paragraphs (a), (b) [and],  (c)  AND  (D)  of  this
subdivision  and  subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision two
of this section shall be distributed in accordance with  sections  eight
hundred thirty-two and eight hundred thirty-three of the executive law.
  S  2.  Section 3 of part W of chapter 55 of the laws of 2012, amending
the state finance law relating to support for the public defense  backup
center is amended to read as follows:
  S  3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2012 [and shall expire March
31, 2013 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be  deemed
repealed].
  S  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after March 31, 2013.